OF SERPENTS. II9 



I HOPE I have faid enough, to flievv that the princi- 

 ples I have attempted to eftablifli are at leaft fupported 

 by probability, that the method here propofed has 

 already been fan6tioned by a more certain experience 

 than any other, and that it affords the moft likely means 

 of counterading the deadly poifon of the ferpent tribe. 



It is, however, to experience alone, we mufl trufi:, 

 for the ultimate decifion upon this fubjeft ; and, to 

 whatever conclufion this may lead us, I (hall molt 

 willingly follow ; profefling myfelf much more anxious 

 for the difcovery of truth, than for the fupport of any 

 of the opinions fiated in this paper. 1 fliall think 

 myfelf fufficiently happy, if this effay fliould in any 

 way tend to elucidate a fubje6t, as important as it is, 

 obfcure. 



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